E-mail Writer for Sony SmartWatch

Write and send Email messages from the Sony SmartWatch on your wrist!

IMPORTANT:
* Uses GMail only, and requires the sender account to be set-up on your phone / tablet.
* Before using the app, select the account through which the E-mails will be sent, and allow the requested permissions
* The recepients are the contacts in your address-book(s).

Type the message directly, or choose from the templates which you can define in the app settings. Use codes such as %name, which will be replaced with the recipient’s name upon sending 😉

INSTRUCTIONS:
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Step 1.A: Write the message
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Swipe RIGHT to input SPACE
Swipe LEFT to DELETE
Swipe UP to enter CAPS
Swipe DOWN to switch between keyboards.

When done writing, LONG TAP the blue area to confirm the message contents.
(On SmartWatch 2, you can also press “Menu” and then “Choose recipient”)

Step 1.B: Choose from a template
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LONG TAP the “Use predefined message?”
(On SmartWatch 2, you can also press “Menu” and then “Select template”)

= Template list mode =
Swipe UP and DOWN to find the template you want to use.
LONG TAP the template to preview it (i.e. switch to Template preview mode)
LONG TAP the blue area on the left to directly select the template, without previewing.
Swipe LEFT to switch to Template preview mode

= Template preview mode =
Swipe UP and DOWN to find the template you want to use.
LONG TAP the blue area with the text “Use this one” to select the template.
LONG TAP on the gray area with the text “Cancel” to return to Step 1.A
Swipe RIGHT to switch to Template list mode
(On SmartWatch 2, you can also use the menu button)

Step 2: Select the recipient from your contact list
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Swipe LEFT: to delete the last typed number or character
Swipe RIGHT: to delete all
Swipe UP / DOWN: to switch to T9 search
Swipe UP / DOWN: to list through the search results in T9 mode

LONG TAP on the green area to confirm the selection / input.
(On SmartWatch 2, you can also press “Menu” and then “Send message”)

Here’s a short demo of all that in action:

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Reader for Sony SmartWatch 2

The brand new Sony SmartWatch 2 is quite an impressive improvement since the previous model, which was already great by itself.

The new APIs and functionality give inspiration for a lot of things, like for example this simple Reader app. The demo below illustrates the app nicely.

Note that the app currently supports only .txt files, and the location of those files is set in the preferences.

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Fast Dialer for BlackBerry 10

Announcing the Fast Dialer app for BlackBerry 10 devices!

Fast Dialer is a neat little app that makes the usage of your phone super-easy. Instantly find and dial contacts by name, number or company name, with only a few taps (statistics say average of 3 taps to find your desired contact).

The only BlackBerry 10 app that lets you search through your contacts using 2 different languages alphabets at the same time, the first one is Latin-based (and includes all European Latin-based languages by default), and the second can be one of the following:

  • Cyrillic (Russian, Belorussian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian…)
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Arabic

Other key features:
* Twenty nice skins.
* Convenient large letters for an easier search. (Four different display modes are available)
* Speed dialing.
* Company name is displayed (and searched by).
* Wildcard search.
* Highlighting of starred contacts.
* Sort contacts by last name
* Pauses in the dialed number.
* Landscape mode.
* Quick redial.
* Localized in Russian, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Polish, Czech, German, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Dutch and Spanish!

Download the app from BlackBerry App World: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/36955887

Log for SmartWatch2

Log for SmartWatch2, list view

The Log for SmartWatch app has also been updated to work on the new SmartWatch2. Finally, Sony added the API support for the items I improvised implementing on the “old” SmartWatch: lists, with smooth scrolling, and gallery view. Way to go Sony, nice to see that you accept developers’ ideas and suggestions!

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Update of the Orthodox Calendar apps

The Orthodox Calendar apps in Russian, English and Greek have been updated to version 2.8. The update includes some content-related corrections, and hyphenation mechanism for the widget display. The later may still not work as it should, that has been reported, but I’ll fix it as soon as possible.

Get the apps from the market today, they’re free, and the links are above!

As for the logo, which has actually been changed since version 2.6, I see that not everybody is happy with the change, but that was done on demand, I received many complaints from the Russian users, that it was inappropriate to have the face of a saint tapped on every time one wants to open the app. I’ve received no such complaints for the cross.

Fast Dialer update

The Fast Dialer app has been updated. The new version includes some bug-fixes (huge thanks to everyone that reported a problem with the app, either directly, or through the Google Play store reports). Details about the fixes:

  • Log data on some phones (Sony mostly) was not updated properly, now it is working as it should.
  • There were reports of crashes related to contacts without phone numbers, that is fixed now.
  • The “call” button was not so easy to press on certain phone models with high resolution displays, that is corrected.

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SMS Composer with Spelling Suggestions


Version 3 of the popular SMS Composer for the SmartWatch introduces spelling suggestions. Note that it is not the same as T9 typing prediction. Due to that novelty, the look and the functionality of the app have changed. The caps and language switching are now activated on a button, i.e. dedicated area on the screen, because the swiping up and down actions are reserved for scrolling through the suggestions list.

Another new feature is the saving of the sent SMS messages in the default messaging app. Enjoy!

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